Vendor:Biomatters Ltd.

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Biomatters Ltd.
Type Limited
Industry Laboratory informatics
Headquarters Level 2, 76 Anzac Ave., Auckland, New Zealand
Area served Worldwide
Products
Website Biomatters.com

Biomatters Ltd. develops and distributes laboratory informatics software, with a strong focus on the academic and business sides of the biological sciences.

History

Biomatters was founded in 2003[1] and released Geneious in 2005.[2]

In the fall of 2011, Biomatters opened its first offices in the United States "in response to growing customer demand."[3]

Awards

In 2009, Biomatters jointly won the University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs' Challenge, which awarded them a loan to expand operations overseas.[4]

Biomatters was awarded the Microsoft Hi-Tech Emerging Company Award in May 2012.[5]

Technology and products

Geneious

Geneious is a bioinformatics software solution with some LIMS-like features that manage sequence alignment, assembly, and analysis tasks in a variety of scientific fields.[1]

Features


Product: Geneious
Sample, inventory, and data management
Sample login and management?
Sample tracking?
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?Y[6]
Data and trend analysis?
Data and equipment sharing?
Customizable fields and/or interface?
Query capability?Y[2]
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?Y[2]
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel?
Raw data management?
Data warehouse?Y[2]
Deadline control?
Production control?
Project and/or task management?
Inventory management?
Document creation and/or management?Y[6]
Case management?
Workflow management?Y[2]
Specification management?
Customer and supplier management?
Billing management?
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?
QA / QC functions?
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?
Version control?Y[6]
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?
Report printing?
Label support?
Barcode support?
Export to PDF?Y[6]
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?Y[6]
Fax integration?
Email integration?
Base functionality
Administrator management?Y[2]
Modular?
Instrument interfacing and management?
Mobile device integration?
Alarms and/or alerts?
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
biotechnology, life sciences

Pricing

Pricing information can be found on the Geneious website here.

Note: A single-user license allows a single named individual to use Geneious on up to three computers. A concurrent license allows the licensee to install Geneious on as many computers as they like on the same network, but limits the number of computers that can access Geneious at once to the number of licenses purchased. The 12-month license was discontinued by the company in the fall of 2012. Special prices are available for academics based in countries with annual GDP less than $2,000 U.S. per capita (excluding short, time-based licenses).

Geneious Price List
License Type Perpetual license price Price to upgrade license to latest version
Student Single user $395 $195
Academic/Government Single user $795 $395
Academic/Government Concurrent $1,995 $995
Commercial Single user $2,495 $995
Commercial Concurrent $4,995 $1,995

Demonstration videos and other media

The following demonstration videos are available for Geneious:

Additional information

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Geneious". Biomatters Ltd. http://www.geneious.com/. Retrieved 06 January 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Geneious - Features". Biomatters Ltd. http://www.geneious.com/features. Retrieved 06 January 2014. 
  3. "Biomatters opens North American offices". Biomatters Blog. Biomatters Ltd. 13 September 2011. http://blog.biomatters.com/post/55728824833/biomatters-opens-north-american-offices. Retrieved 24 February 2015. 
  4. Twose, Helen (30 May 2014). "Success: Export sales in company's DNA". The New Zealand Herald. APN New Zealand Limited. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11264149. Retrieved 24 February 2015. 
  5. "Biomatters Wins Hi-Tech Emerging Company Award". Biomatters Blog. Biomatters Ltd. 14 May 2012. http://blog.biomatters.com/post/55728830520/biomatters-wins-hi-tech-emerging-company-award. Retrieved 24 February 2015. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Geneious - Organised Data". Biomatters Ltd. http://www.geneious.com/features/organised-data. Retrieved 06 January 2014.